Cloud computing has become one of the most popular – and disruptive – technologies to emerge in recent years. But even as the cloud continues its rapid ascent, concerns over its data protection and privacy implications have risen seemingly in step.

Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest cellular carrier, has made a significant amendment to its privacy policy and announced that the company will begin tracking mobile usage information more closely and leveraging this data for marketing purposes.

Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security selected a vendor for its DHS-Wide Public Cloud Web Content Management Services contract, paving the way for one of the most expansive and potentially important cloud security case studies to date.

Collaborative efforts from IBM and researchers from North Carolina State University may have provided a long-awaited answer to cloud security questions with their recent joint announcement of a technique that may isolate and safeguard sensitive data.

Cloud computing has become one of the most popular – and disruptive – technologies to emerge in recent years. But even as the cloud continues its rapid ascent, concerns over its data protection and privacy implications have risen seemingly in step.

In a clash of two of what are considered the future tools for global warfare, it has been discovered that the systems used by the U.S. military to fly its Predator and Reaper drones have been infected by malware.

It was recently discovered that the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) does not disclose regular data breaches that are caused by incorrectly classifying individuals as either living or deceased.

A recently released report from Stanford University law and computer science graduate student Jonathan Mayer has revealed that many of the Internet’s most popular websites are prone to sharing consumer data without their consent.